Neck-yoke



UNITED STATES PATENT Tirion.

HUGH B. DAUGHERTY, OF OOOPERDALE, OIIIO.

N ECK-YOKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 613,796, dated November 8, 1893.

Application filed May 21, 1897. Serial No. 637,550. (No model.)

T0 @ZZ whom, t may concern.-

Be it known that I, HUGH B. DAUGHERTY, residing at Oooperdale, in the county of Ooshocton and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Neck-Yokes, of which vthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to neck-yokes, and more particularly to the ends thereof, at which point I provide suitable clasps, so that the collar-straps can be easily and quickly attached to and detached therefrom.

My invention consists in providing the ends of the yoke with a metal tip having a recess formed therein and withone part of a clasp formed integral therewith, while the other part of the clasp is pivoted in said recess and is held in engagement with the other part of the clasp by a spring. The pivoted part of the clasp is provided with a curved face, so that when the loop of the collar-strap is formed against it it will' be easily depressed and allow the loop to be locked to the yoke, as will be hereinafter set forth.

In order that my invention may be fully understood,- I will proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings,- in which- Figure l is a perspective view of one end of a neck-yoke having my invention applied thereto and showing the collar-strap secured thereto. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same.

In the said drawings, A represents the yoke, and B the metal tip secured on the end of the yoke. It is provided with a recess O and with one part, D, of the clasp, while the other part, E, of the vclasp is pivoted within the recess C. The part E is provided with the curved face effective arrangement for attaching and detaching the collar-strap to or from the yoke.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a neck-yoke the combination of ,a tip having a chamber formed therein, said tip being slotted on its under side, with the rear portion of said slot communicating with the chamber, a stationary loop portion comprising an arm curved downwardly and forwardly and having the upper surface of its extremity cut out to form a seat, a movable member pivoted in the forward portion of the slot of the tip and curved rearwardly and downwardly and having its extremity adapted to rest upon the seat formed upon the stationary member, and a spring within the chamber which bears against the movable member and holds it upon its seat, the outer surface of the movable member being curved, so that the ring or strap may be readily inserted in the loop by pressing against the movable mem ber, substantially as set forth.

HUGH B. DAUGHERTY.

Vitnesses:

OHAs. F. GossER, FRANK E. POMERENE. 

